Subcutaneous Sacrococcygeal Myxopapillary Ependymoma in Asian Female:A Case Report

Subcutaneous sacrococcygeal myxopapillary ependymoma is extremely rare tumor that has a tendency to develop in children and adolescents. There have been several case reports and sporadic reports in the literature. However, no case has been reported in an Asian patient, to the best of our knowledge....

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Autores principales: Lee, Kyung-Jae, Min, Byung-Woo, Seo, Hyuk-Jun, Cho, Chul-Hyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22383930
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jocmr678w
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Sumario:Subcutaneous sacrococcygeal myxopapillary ependymoma is extremely rare tumor that has a tendency to develop in children and adolescents. There have been several case reports and sporadic reports in the literature. However, no case has been reported in an Asian patient, to the best of our knowledge. We describe a 25-year-old Asian female patient with a subcutaneous sacrococcygeal myxopapillary ependymoma that had been clinically diagnosed as a pilonidal cyst. The tumor was treated successfully by surgical excision and the patient is doing well without evidence of local recurrence or distant metastasis at 2 years after surgery.  KEYWORDS: Myxopapillary ependymoma; Subcutaneous; Sacrococcygeal

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